Thank You. Your knowledge of other facts that fit in. Very nice.

Really nice reaction and additional information.

Yep, and your talk about Dan Daly, and NCO’s is exactly why the USMC says that NCO’s are the backbone of The Marine Corps. Been there, done that, and all the other Marines, at least US type (the best type), ahaha, gotta shit talk a little, it’s in good nature though. We learn about him, and all the other legends, so yeah. To us, when someone doesn’t know about all these different things. All over the planet that previous Marines have done, and the legends of the Corps, we almost lose our shit, then we’re like, oh yeah, they aren’t US Marines, and most times aren’t even US citizens, let alone born here. I like how you touched on a little bit more about the boxer rebellion, besides myself and a few others in comments on other reactions to this by TFE, no one else, that I’ve seen even mentioned anything else it.

Same for us with our government 😅

Thank you very much brother, we must and honour cherish all those moments when we fought side by side to defend our values. All the best from Lyon, France :)

Thank you, I gave up on understanding the French politicians & bureaucracy a long time ago too 😅

Am not military but a number of friends are. They have told me that, "the desk riders get jealous when they see an enlisted man has earned a medal that they (the bureaucrats) haven't earned and so they do everything in in their power to prevent it out of pure pettiness.

Thank you very much for this heartwarming comment. All my friendship from France :)

One must consider that currently over half of America's Congress has a background in law at 59% (lawyers make a living twisting logic to suit their needs), and that the percentage traditionally was much higher. With that in mind it isn't as hard to grasp "intellectually".

That was a nice one 😀

Thank you, I didn not know that. And usually when politicians think that something you do is grotesque, it means that you're actually on the right path. Cheers!

@@ToonStory-fh4gn Theres a couple portions of the book "To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918 The Epic Battle That Ended the First World War" that go over Truman's actions and when Patton got wounded.

Thank you sooooo much for this, greetings from Lyon, France

@@ToonStory-fh4gn No worries man, i mean it. I hope the algorithm picks up your channel so more people find your videos, it would be well deserved. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

Thank you so much for this heartwarming comment, nice to hear that he is studying in History. He's a hell of a storyteller on top of that!

Thanks for your comment, and for this little story about veterans. We owe so much to those few men who were barely out of their teens. This week I'll definitely be doing a special episode for D-Day. Have a great weekend!

Yes maybe

Yes, this man was like "unique-unique" 😅

Thank you for taking the time to share this here!

Thank you very much mate. When he talked about the French retreat, I understood that it was just his way of talking and that it wasn't really a roast. It's part of the way he tells his stories, and that's what makes it so entertaining!

You're exactly right and the poor French soldiers went through hell during World War I. They lost somewhere close to 2 million soldiers and I think the exact number was around 1.7 million, look for the first 3 years of World War 1 none of these soldiers had a break at all and that was against their military protocol. Thank God they had a new commander and when this new general took over he made sure that all of the French soldiers were able to get 2 weeks' leave so they could get out of this war and go home for a while to rest and visit family, but it was going to take a while to get everybody caught up since the military has been screwed over for so long.. the French soldiers were really patient because as long as they knew they had hope coming that they were going to get a couple of weeks off soon enough they were okay.. the protocol is that they're supposed to get two weeks off every 3 or 4 months just to get out of a bottle and get rested up. None of these men have been getting this for 3 years which is why they mutinied. The Americans win over there and only about 20% had military experience and the others had 17 weeks of boot camp but they didn't have trench warfare training.. You can see what's going on in the papers but nothing is like real life and when general John j Pershing got over to France, he was devastated and he sympathized with the French and the British but he did not want the US soldiers to be cannon fodder.. he also wanted to have the US command fighting together so when they beat Germany they would all be able to have political bargaining rights.. The American troops originally going over with the general we're only $150,000 and they were some of the experience soldiers & Marines. After the general visited hospitals and saw what was really going on he contacted the department of War and the president and he told them they were going to need millions.. that changed strategy in early July 1917, and the American troops that were piling in over in France had to get three months or so the trench warfare training. Everything about World War I was always timing and the timing was perfect when the Americans got over there and the British and French were just worn out... God knows they've been going at this for 3 years & to think about how close to the Germans came to taking Paris was scary.... God bless all who sacrificed but all of the American and French soldiers who fought at Bellea Wood and successfully defeated the Germans was what saved Paris ..❤

Thank you! It is actually not "chivalric", the word knight is purely meritocratic and has nothing to do with nobility or ancient Knights. But know, thinking about it I believe I'd prefer if it was the case with a real aboubement ceremony 😅

As of 2014 the law of earning more than one MoH has been rescinded and it is possible but it is something that requires a true act of heroism to earn and there isn’t anyone alive that has earned it twice.

Thank you very much 😀

Thank you, all the best form Lyon France :)

Thank you for this nice comment 😀

Yeah, I will not judge because according to some historians it seems that France is the most agressive nation on earth or at least in Europe. Might be worth a video! Thanks!

Thank you, I'll try and watch it!

So nice to hear, thank you :)

Thank you mate, I couldn't understand why they refused this but I like your explanation!

A retired marine with 3 Medals of Honor is an unknown and difficult to quantify variable and potential threat to politicians. They couldn't know which political party he would support, or whether he'd decide to enter into politics himself. There were other double recipients of the Medal of Honor throughout history so Daly wasn't unique, but nobody had ever won 3. Fear of contributing to the creation of an uncontrollable variable is what kept Daly from the third Medal of Honor he'd earned. That's my opinion on why the pencil pushers shafted him.

Thank you very much for these information. Yes I read that he was actually 26 but I did not want to correct TFE as this did not bother me. I did not know about the other facts you mentioned, I appreciate you took the time to share these with me!

Thank you very much 😀

You can add the one and only: the Pig War! More seriously yes, thank you for your comment :)

If you want to count them, you can include all the conflicts between the US and various Native tribes.

@joecrazy9896 I think it was, I blame the education system for not teaching it like a war, but yeah. Hundreds of years, and they were only defeated by technology and numbers.

Thank you very much for this kind comment 😀

Thank you very much 😀

Thanks so much bro

@@ToonStory-fh4gn youre welcome. Very good channel you have.

@@theblackbear211 thank you!

Thank you, I am sure you can find a couple of those within the ranks of the soldiers who are fighting for their freedom & country right now. I really appreciate your comments mate!

I reviewed No Bullets Fly a couple months ago, what a story! And I'm keeping To Hell and Back to review it someday. Thank you!

82nd all the way.

Yes, incredible man!

That one liner 😅 Incredible! Thank you!

Thanks mate!

Thank you very much!

Hell yeah!

Thank you, it is weird!

Yes I considered them. But I am sure I am missing a lot of smaller border-like incidents

@@ToonStory-fh4gn Warhistoryonline puts the # at 17 years of peace thru the entire history of the US. Given the context of this video, they were only considering pre-1900, they put the years of peace at 1796-1797, 1807-1809, and 1828-1830, and that's it.

I would think the character is better preserved by just making sure people who get it earn it.

Thanks for the comment and the research, that's cool of you! Ok I think I understand better. For us, ‘chevaliers de la légion d'honneur’ is a purely meritocratic distinction that marks the person out as an exceptional citizen, hence the fact that you can only have it once.

It makes him even more likeable!

hey nice recommendation, thank you!